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The Churchill SocietyLondon.

The Foundation of was May
10th 1990
(50 years to the Day) after Churchill became Prime Minister.
The Inauguration of the Society's web site was on Churchill's 121st
Birthday - November 30th 1995

"We must recognise that
we have a great inheritance in our possession,
which represents the prolonged achievement of the centuries;
that there is not one of our simple uncounted rights today
for which better men than we are have not died on the scaffold or the
battlefield.
We have not only a great treasure;
we have a great cause.
Are we taking every measure within our power to defend that cause?

Every war shames the
human race and is yet another monument to his ignorance, his greed,
and follyThe main aim of the
Society is the study of the causes of war

THE AIMS OF THE
SOCIETY

Commencing with a brief historical
backdrop.

Defeat of Spanish
ArmadaJuly 28th
1588

Sketching by
David Law of the action off Gravelines during the Armada
fighting

National
Maritime Museum Greenwich

Sir Francis Drake (1540-96) took a
major part in the defeat of the Spanish Armada on July 28th
1588.

W J
Huggins
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich

His monument is on Plymouth Hoe.

Battle of Blenheim13th August
1704

Louis XIV
King of France. 1643-1715

Petty and mediocre
in all except his lusts and power,
the Sun King disturbed and harried mankind
during more than fifty years of arrogant pomp.

Winston Churchill

It took the nation only a few
months
to realise the debt that was owed to Marlborough after this
victory.
The nation's appreciation was expressed by a gift to him of Blenheim
Palace.
It was begun within a year of his victory and took over 17 years to
build.

The
Duke of Marlborough
(1650-1722)

The
Cholmondeley Collection of Model Soldiers

Houghton Hall Norfolk

BLENHEIM PALACE

was built as a monument to the glory of
the British victory over a prolonged French European tyranny.

It is a marvellous demonstration of the
fruits of peace.

It is open to the public

Battle of Trafalgar21st October
1805

HMS
Victory
Portsmouth

(Open to the Public)

Lord
Nelson
(1758-1805)

Wearing the Order of the Bath

National Portrait Gallery London.

HMS
Victory
Portsmouth

(Open to the Public)

Nelson's Column
Trafalgar Square

It took the nation 25 years to realise
that Nelson's great victories
should be properly commemorated with a national monument.
This time it was to be in London,
and was to be for the benefit of the people.
Thus a large site near Charing Cross - known as Kings Mews
was cleared in 1830 and renamed Trafalgar Square in 1835.

Battle of Waterloo18th June
1815

The
Wellington Arch

The
Iron Duke

National Portrait Gallery

Apsley House

Within two years of this great
victory
the Government, on behalf of the people of Great Britain,
instructed Parliamentary Commissioners to purchase for the Duke of
Wellington
the country estate, Stratfield Saye.
Apsley House, Hyde Park, London.
(known ever since as No. 1 London - now a remarkable museum)
was his other house.
The Government presented both to the Duke of Wellington
in gratitude for his services to his country.

The First World
War

THE DUG
OUT

Why do you lie legs
ungainly huddled,
And one arm bent against your sullen cold
Exhausted face? It hurts my heart to watch you,
Deep shadow'd from the candle's guttering gold;
Drowsy, you mumble and sigh and shift your head . . .You are too young to
fall asleep forever;
And when you sleep you remind me of the dead.

Both institutions -
admirable as they are -
cater for only a tiny and privileged minority of persons.

Now that the Cold War has ended

The Churchill Society

seeks help, both in this country and
overseas, from those who desire to join with us
to raise sufficient money over the next few years to purchase a site
in the centre of London,
and to pay for its clearance and landscaping;
and then amidst a quiet garden,
build a gracious and distinguished building of the very finest
quality which is to be known as:

and be open for the Public seven days a
week for a wide range of activities.

It will possess a Banqueting/Concert
Hall.
Annually a prestigious banquet will be held upon Churchill's birthday
(November 30th) or a gala ball or concert.
It will possess a fine library and reading room
and hopefully its own publishing facilities
to help a few of today's many good, but unpublished authors.

It will possess a Lecture Hall
where debates and lectures upon any subject can be held free of
charge.

The society will especially
encourage debates
on the causes and prevention of war and terrorism.

The Churchill Society will encourage
the revival of all the Fine Arts and Crafts
by displaying free of charge in the entrance hall
the work of the best of today's painters, cabinet makers, needle
workers, silver and goldsmiths;
the work of sculptors, porcelain makers and glass workers,
of wrought iron craftsmen, bookbinders, musical instrument makers and
many others.

In the Banqueting Hall Orchestras and
Brass Bands from all over the world
will be invited to play free of charge:
the aim being to encourage and introduce new composers, conductors
and soloists.

Churchill House will have a dining room
and refectory for the use of visitors.

If our Commonwealth friends and
citizens can build so wonderfully -

so can we!

It is hoped that the London Churchill
House will be copied on a smaller scale in cities and country towns
all over the Kingdom;

but modelled upon the existing
financially successful Ipswich Institute and Reading Room.